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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry Brigade
Division:
20th Bn.
Birth:
December 6, 1889
Dundas, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 13, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 22, 1916
Somme, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. O. 7.
Additional information
Son of Dr Thomas A Bertram, and Jean K. Bertram, of Dundas, Ontario.
Cousin of Lieutenant Aimers Stirling Bertram, who died while serving with the Army.
Commemorated on the Bertram Memorial.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Captain James Knowles Bertram
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James Knowles Bertram
James Knowles Bertram is remembered on this war memorial in Dundas, Ontario. -
Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England. -
Plaque
Captain James Knowles Bertram was an alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada 1909 #765. He served with the Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 20th Bn. He died on Sep 22, 1916. His name is listed on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial Doll
Captain James Knowles Bertram was the son of Dr Thomas A Bertram and Jean K Bertram of Dundas Ontario. He was cadet 765 in the class of 1909 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) seconded HQ 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. He died on Sep 22, 1916 at 26 years of age. He was buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. As an ex-cadet, he is named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Plaque
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 765 Captain James Knowles Bertram (RMC 1909) was the son of Dr Thomas A Bertram and Jean K Bertram of Dundas Ontario I O7. He served with the Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) seconded HQ 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. He died on Sep 22, 1916 at 26 years of age. He was buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 765 Captain James Knowles Bertram (RMC 1909) was the son of Dr Thomas A Bertram and Jean K Bertram of Dundas Ontario I O7. He served with the Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) seconded HQ 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. He died on Sep 22, 1916 at 26 years of age. He was buried in the Albert Communal Cemetery Extension. -
Photo of James Bertram
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
Digital gallery of
Captain James Knowles Bertram
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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